A review meeting was held on Wednesday by Minister Dr. Rameshwar Oraon with district level technical and non-technical officials. First the road construction department was reviewed. The progress of roads and high level bridges under construction in Lohardaga district was informed by the Executive Engineer of Road Division, Lohardaga. The minister directed that a proposal should also be sent for new roads in the district. Along with this, all the culverts from Chatti to Tati Chowk via Kudu and Kairo Naya Toli to Jingi More were directed to be completed by 30 September. Information about the proposed roads in the district was also given by the Executive Engineer in the meeting.
The Minister was apprised about the progress of work of various roads and bridges going on in the district by the REO. On the complaint of breakdown of PCC path in Hisri-Korgo road, the minister directed to get that road constructed. In the year 2016-17, a direction was given to transfer the plan of Nari Dhurva Mor to Sangodih and Manhe Kurag-Narendag Pucca Path to the Road Construction Department. Hon'ble Minister Dr. Oraon said that if the PCC construction is done as per the specification, then the PCC road will become strong. Be careful in this.
It was directed by the minister that if the DPR is prepared in advance for the construction of roads and bridges in the district, then the work can be started immediately after the approval of the plan. Such initiatives should be taken in all departments. Begin the process of doing advance planning. Executive Engineer Drinking Water and Sanitation Division was directed to the areas which fall in the dry zone in the district. Get their ground water mapped and work accordingly. It was directed to submit a report of what has been done on the recommendation of new hand pumps in the district from the MLA head. In the meeting, attention was drawn on behalf of the Rajya Sabha representative to the faulty water tower in Arkosa and Jori villages, which was directed to be rectified by the minister. Similarly, instructions were given to get other faulty aqueducts also repaired. In the meeting, the Executive Engineer Building Division, Electricity Division, Zila Parishad was also informed about the proposals made by their respective departments and for new schemes. 7 Electricity sub-stations of Lohardaga Electricity Division are ready, which are to be commissioned by 15th August and the Minister was given proper assurance on the proposal of adding a second sub-station, re-condensing and repairing the faulty condenser.
While reviewing the Agriculture Department, the Minister said that agriculture has to be diversified to increase the income of the farmers. Cash crops have to be planted. Apart from traditional agriculture, fisheries, poultry, etc. have to be added together. Agriculture needs improvement. Agricultural officers should not buy seeds of Kharif and Rabi crops from other states and buy them locally so that their price is not high. Farmers are not very capable of buying seeds at high prices.
Detailed information was given by the District Agriculture Officer about the various schemes run by the Agriculture Department in the district, including the Chief Minister's Agriculture Loan Waiver Scheme, KCC Scheme, etc. Apart from this, fisheries department, dairy, cooperative, health, education department, MGNREGA schemes etc were also reviewed. Deputy Commissioner Dr Waghmare Prasad Krishna, Deputy Development Commissioner Garima Singh, Rajya Sabha MP representative Ashok Yadav, MLA representative Nishith Jaiswal, all district level officers, all block development officers, all circle officers and others were present in the meeting.